Douglas McLennan

The biggest problem in where we are right now is: there's no real definitive ability to determine AI use in a final product. If you can't detect it, how can you possibly regulate it? (or burden artists with the need to prove their work is machine-free) douglasmclennan.substack.com/p/did-the-supr…

This changes how artists will have to document and defend their process. This is a very big deal, I think, and it will change the way our creative IP structures work. It's about AI of course. artsjournal.com/diacritical/20…

Today's ArtsJournal Highlights (11/26/25) open.substack.com/pub/douglasmcl…

Thoughts on AI and creativity: There’s no question we lose something when tools make what was previously special, commonplace. But if the extraordinary becomes generic then extraordinary has to be, by definition, redefined. And that usually means up. artsjournal.com/diacritical/20…

Four supreme court justices think not only is it okay for government not to pay bills for work already contracted, approved and COMPLETED, but that it's OK for government to ignore District Court ruling to comply with an order. Translation: laws no longer apply. Do what you want.

Bansky 👇

Brilliant, brilliant Banksy

“What we’re witnessing in Washington isn’t about ‘efficiency’ or ‘cutting waste.’ It’s a calculated, ideologically driven purge of federal agencies perceived as liberal — a playbook lifted directly from modern authoritarian regimes.” nytimes.com/2025/03/04/opi…

It’s important to note the distinction between what are skills and what is creativity. One will most certainly be largely taken over by AI. The other will make its humans more powerful. artsjournal.com/diacritical/20…

At the Univision town hall, Trump was asked tonight if he still believes climate change is a hoax. his response

Yesterday I was asked if I thought AI-created art would ever be copyrighted. Answer: How would you know? Art either speaks to you or it doesn't. Copyright is a way of defining ownership. Ownership is different than value. And value will most certainly change w/ the reality of AI.

How he's answered every pertinent question over the last 8 years.

@brianklaas @TheRickWilson „In Springfield, they‘re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats.“

Biden failed to do his job properly last night. Democrats failed to head off that failure. But the reason the failure matters so much - as it wouldn't in a Biden-Haley race - is that one of the two great parties is ratifying an attempted coup d'etat. END.

As we saw last night, the conventions and habits of mass-market media coverage are inadequate to the crisis at hand. A coup against the constitution - first mentioned at minute 41 of the debate - dwindles to one issue among many, alongside food prices and climate change.

Massive journalism malpractice⤵️

We've got to reframe debates about what's ailing culture. There's not less creativity, there's way more. There's not less arts education, it's flourishing, just not where it traditionally lived. @MattLehrman and I chat on his podcast. sites.libsyn.com/513253/douglas…